In 1959 Michel Giacometti moved to Portugal and dedicated the following thirty years of his life recording traditional music all over the country. In the present decade Portuguese music has been thriving and finally travelling abroad, long gone are the days those hidden gems were kept in secret in this distant corner of Europe. The discovery of current Portuguese music sparked an interest to Portuguese music, past and present.<\/p>\n
With both of those ideas in mind, Giacometti and the interest in Portuguese music, \u201cAntologia de M\u00fasica At\u00edpica Portuguesa<\/strong>\u201d creates an anthology of current sounds to the future. You can see it as history being made or a broad catalog of sounds that live and breathe the experimental and electronic that is happening in Portugal. The first step happened two years ago with the releasing of the first volume on this anthology, \u201cO Trabalho\u201d (\u201cThe Labour\u201d) and we now move onto Vol. 2, \u201cRegi\u00f5es\u201d<\/strong> (\u201cRegions\u201d), with each track connecting with a different province from Portugal.<\/p>\n Some names return to this volume, like Live Low with the beautifully haunting \u201cMontemor\u201d or Gonzo (our own Gon\u00e7alo F. Cardoso), affirming his path in building detailed and processed field recordings music. More than a list of names, or songs, this second volume of \u201cAntologia de M\u00fasica At\u00edpica Portuguesa<\/strong>\u201d recreates a passage throughout different landscapes of Portugal, constantly leaving a trail of past, present and future. The trail doesn\u2019t limit itself to the music, but to the traditions contained in the sounds and the stories spelled by the words.<\/p>\n The beautifully slowed haunting-waltz \u201cPor Riba\u201d, by S\u00edria (Diana Combo), sets everything in motion and builds the way to Random Gods\u2019 upbeat march \u201cGazulo \u00e0 Estronca da Santosa\u201d. \u201cMalta Inquieta\u201d (Ondness) embraces the most modern\/contemporary side of this volume, proving that \u201cRegi\u00f5es\u201d goes beyond the idea of catalog or even its own concept of \u201canthology\u201d and provides music that\u2019s hard to categorize or even judge by modern standards. We are not afraid to say it: \u201cMalta Inquieta\u201d is an experimental jazz-electronic modern gem.<\/p>\n It\u2019s followed by the guitar of Rui Carvalho, aka Filho da M\u00e3e, with \u201cManta\u201d, closing the A side with one of his enchantments. B side strikes with the aforementioned \u201cMontemor\u201d, setting the tone for a different trip, building up on more abstract and freeform music by Banha da Cobra (\u201cAsylo\u201d), Fantama (\u201cLamento das Beiras\u201d) and the track by Gonzo. \u201cRegi\u00f5es<\/strong>\u201d finishes with the right tone, fields recordings worked by Lu\u00eds Antero, that tie the connection between Giacometti and the now \u2013 with the now still happening and building up on the story of the future \u201cAntologia de M\u00fasica At\u00edpica Portuguesa<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n Artwork collages by Ruca Bourbon<\/p>\n Discrepant Records <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Discrepant Records In 1959 Michel Giacometti moved to Portugal and dedicated the following thirty years of his life recording traditional music all over the country. In the present decade Portuguese music has been thriving and finally travelling abroad, long gone are the days those hidden gems were kept in secret in this distant corner of Europe. The discovery of current Portuguese music sparked an interest to Portuguese music, past and present.<\/p>\n With both of those ideas in mind, Giacometti and the interest in Portuguese music, \u201cAntologia de M\u00fasica At\u00edpica Portuguesa<\/strong>\u201d creates an anthology of current sounds to the future. You can see it as history being made or a broad catalog of sounds that live and breathe the experimental and electronic that is happening in Portugal. The first step happened two years ago with the releasing of the first volume on this anthology, \u201cO Trabalho\u201d (\u201cThe Labour\u201d) and we now move onto Vol. 2, \u201cRegi\u00f5es\u201d<\/strong> (\u201cRegions\u201d), with each track connecting with a different province from Portugal.<\/p>\n Some names return to this volume, like Live Low with the beautifully haunting \u201cMontemor\u201d or Gonzo (our own Gon\u00e7alo F. Cardoso), affirming his path in building detailed and processed field recordings music. More than a list of names, or songs, this second volume of \u201cAntologia de M\u00fasica At\u00edpica Portuguesa<\/strong>\u201d recreates a passage throughout different landscapes of Portugal, constantly leaving a trail of past, present and future. The trail doesn\u2019t limit itself to the music, but to the traditions contained in the sounds and the stories spelled by the words.<\/p>\n
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